Iranian festival to focus on films about Islamic awakening

TEHRAN,Dec. 10 (MNA) -- Organizers of the 30th Fajr International Film Festival have established a new section, which is dedicated to films with theme of the Islamic awakening. The best film of this section that has been entitled Searching Prosperity will awarded a Crystal Simorgh, director of the international department of the festival Amir Esfandiari said here on Friday. The section has been added in order to help strengthen relations between cinematic figures from the Muslim countries, he said. He also added that a good number of movies have been submitted to this section so far, which shows the great interest of the applicants. The Asian Cinema Section, Jaam-e Jahan-Nama Section, the Inter-Religion Section, and the Golden Flag (Beiraq Talaii), previously named the Moustapha Akkad Award, are some of the competitive sections of the festival. Three Crystal Simorghs and an honorary diploma have also been dedicated to the Asian Cinema Section, which will be selected by the jury. The non-competitive section, film market, review sessions and workshops are some other programs of the 30th edition of the festival that will be running in February 2012, he concluded.